John Woodcock

John Woodcock (14 October 1978-) was the Labour MP for Barrow and Furness from 7 May 2010, succeeding John Hutton.

Biography
John Woodcock was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England in 1978, the son of a Labour councillor. He worked as a special advisor to Prime Minister Gordon Brown before being elected to the House of Commons in 2010 as the Labour MP for Barrow and Furness, and he struggled with depression and, on 18 July 2018, was forced to resign from the Labour Party and become an independent after being accused of sexual harassment.